Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
November 14, 2002
Submitted
November 14, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1258B
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5501037
Aircraft time
20 hours
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Chafed
Location
Directional Gyro
Part time
20 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

OPERATOR NOTED NR 2 DIRECTIONAL GYRO CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPING. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED A WIRE BUNDLE ROUTED AROUND THE DATA TRANSFER UNIT (DTU) WAS CHAFING AGAINST THE OUTBOARD CONNECTOR PLUG ON THE DTU. ONE WIRE IN THE BUNDLE WAS FOUND SHORTED AGAINST THE CONNECTOR PLUG. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED BY INSTALLING AN ENVIRONMENTAL SPLICE IN THE DAMAGED AREA. SPIRAL WRAP WAS INSTALLED AROUND THE WIRE BUNDLE AND THE WIRE BUNDLE WAS RELOCATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THE PROBLEM. FUNCTION TEST REVEALED NO FURTHER DEFECTS.

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